The SPECTRUM Group Launches Integrated Security Team

February 19, 2013 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The SPECTRUM Group (TSG) is pleased to announce the launch of the
Security Team, led by former U.S. Air Force security chief and defense
industry executive Brigadier General Jim Shamess. The Security Team
brings an outstanding range of expertise and experience to help clients
assess their security needs and risks, develop strategic plans and
implementation programs, and design and facilitate advocacy initiatives
to expand and defend their business interests and protect their assets.

“The SPECTRUM Group has stayed in
the forefront of DC consulting firms for more than twenty years by
constantly evolving to deal with changes in technology and policy.
Delivering the broad array of our security expertise through an
integrated practice continues that legacy.”

The new team was developed in response to the evolving needs of TGS’s
government and commercial clients, whose security concerns are no longer
separated into isolated stovepipes. General Shamess explains, “In an era
when an attack is just as likely to be caused by a keystroke as a
warhead, it’s become essential to be able to provide a single source of
expertise to our clients who are either concerned about their own
security or who are delivering security products and services to others.”

TSG’s President, Gregory Sharp, added, “The SPECTRUM Group has stayed in
the forefront of DC consulting firms for more than twenty years by
constantly evolving to deal with changes in technology and policy.
Delivering the broad array of our security expertise through an
integrated practice continues that legacy.”

In addition to General Shamess, prominent members of the combined
practice include former director of operations and chief of staff for
U.S. Central Command retired Major General Michael Jones, former
Department of Transportation Maritime Administration counsel Ms. Joan
Bondareff, former NSA executive director Mr. Frank Blanco and former
Deputy Chairman of the Allied Pilots Association, retired Captain Mark
Weiss.

TSG, headquartered in Alexandria, VA, is a small business widely
recognized as one of the premier consulting firms in Washington. We
combine our extraordinary experience, organization and resources to meet
a broad range of challenges in both government and industry. Our firm is
unique among other Washington firms as we offer our clients an unmatched
depth of experience, access and insight.